Wienerschnitzel Announced as Official Hot Dog of Joe Gibbs Racing Motocross Team

October 31, 2014

IRVINE, California –Wienerschnitzel, the world’s largest hot dogchain, has announced its partnershipwith Joe GibbsRacing, a NorthCarolina-basedprofessional supercross and motocross team(JGRMX), as a sponsor and the official hot dog. The sponsorshipagreement wasspearheaded by J.R. Galardi,25, son of Wienerschnitzellate founder, John Galardi, and CEO, Cindy Galardi Culpepper. The partnership is oneof the first activationsof Wienerschnitzel’s newly developedVisionary Department, whichwillfocus 100percent on capturingtomorrow’s consumer.

“We are expanding and want to introduceour brand to a younger audience. Supercross and motocross is a perfect match for our strategic plans,” said Wienerschntizel Chief Visionary Officer, J.R. Galardi. “This partnership is a great way to kick off bigthings to come for Wienerschnitzel.”

As the first quick servicerestaurant brand to ever partner with the Toyota/Yamaha/JGRMX team, Wienerschnitzel logos will be placed on bikes of pro-racers, JustinBarcia, #51 and Weston Peick, #40. The company-branded bikes willdebut at the 2014Monster Energy Cup Saturday, Oct. 18 at Sam BoydStadium in Las Vegas, Nev.

“When wefirst began talking withJ.R. everyone wastelling me how great their food was, as most of the team hadpreviously livedandworked on the west coast,” said JGRMX president and founder, Coy Gibbs. “We haveenjoyed getting to know J.R. and Wienerschnitzel

President,Dennis Tase, and welook forward to a fun and rewardingrelationshipwith the brand.”

About Wienerschnitzel

Foundedby John Galardiin1961 with a singlehot dogstand in Wilmington, Calif., Wienerschnitzel (www.wienerschnitzel.com) is a bona fide pioneer of the quick-service food industry. The world’s largest hot dogchainserves more than 120 millionhot dogs annually and is famous for its delicious proprietary chilirecipe. Based in Irvine, Calif., Wienerschnitzel operates or franchises 350 stores in 10 states andGuam. It is part of GalardiGroup, Inc., which is also the parent company of The Hamburger Stand, TasteeFreez LLCand TwoMadres MexicanKitchen.

About JoeGibbs RacingMotocross

Sonof Joe Gibbs, of Joe Gibbs Racing(JGR) www.joegibbsracing.com, Coy Gibbs founded the motocross division, JGRMX, www.jgrmx.com, with the first teamracing at the 2008 Supercross Series. Based inHuntersville, N.C., the Toyota/Yamaha/JGRMXTeam currently includes pro- racers withextensivebackgrounds in the sport includingtwotime250SX East champion, the 2012Monster Energy Cupchampion, JustinBarcia, and racer, Weston Peick. The team is scheduled to participate at the 2015 Monster Energy AMASupercross Championship and 2015 Lucas OilAMAProMotocross Championship.